John M. Grunsfeld

When I first went to Hubble, as an astronomer and as a scientist, it was a dream come true. And as an astronaut, the Hubble missions are premiere missions because Hubble is so important to science, so important to humanity, that it's just a very special event. But as an astronomer, it was sort of the holy grail of missions.

American Astronaut

Jake Arrieta

You want to be the team that is on the field when the last out is made on the winning side. That's obviously the holy grail in the game that I play, and that's what every player strives for.

American Athlete

Glen Mazzara

That's the holy grail as a TV writer, to work on a story that you care about and to put it out there and for it to find the audience and connect with fans and connect with critics.

American Producer

Noah Hawley

It used to be for writers that that six seasons and a movie thing, that's the holy grail as writers - your series goes eight, 10 seasons, you're set for life.

Lucas Hedges

I grew up in a film-loving family. We watched the Oscars every year. My favorite thing in the whole world was film. The Oscars obviously was the holy grail.

American Actor

Jeanette Winterson

Quest is at the heart of what I do-the holy grail, and the terror that you'll never find it, seemed a perfect metaphor for life.

British Novelist

Laeta Kalogridis

To be a working writer is the holy grail, where you don't have three other jobs on top of that.

Geoffrey Hinton

In A.I., the holy grail was how do you generate internal representations.

British Psychologist

Cheyenne Jackson

30 Rock' is the holy grail of comedy in my opinion.

Shangela

RuPaul's Drag Race' is the holy grail of drag.

American Entertainer

Often conveys a lofty or ambitious goal, sometimes considered unattainable or requiring great effort.

Ultimate Aspiration

Used metaphorically in various contexts, drawing on the legendary status to imply a revered quest.

Cultural Metaphor

'Pursuit of the grail’ suggests a passionate, sometimes lifelong commitment to a goal.

Intense Dedication

Understand its religious and historical origins to grasp its deep cultural resonance.

Historical Significance

Recognize its role as a symbol of purity and the divine in literature and art.

Literary Symbol

Be aware 'grail' alludes to mystique and adventure due to its literary mythology.

Mythical Allusions

 the most astounding experience i've ever had probably in my life was traveling down to the antarctic peninsula to film the killer whales for frozen planets it was just the most remarkable experience we were down there to try to find a holy grail sequence something that has been talked about for years and years but no one ever really knew if it was something

Killer Whales Working...

 it was for planet earth one and birds of paradise always a kind of a holy grail subject for wildlife cameramen these are famously difficult birds they're relentlessly hunted they're nervous they're in the crow family they're incredibly clever and yeah they were definitely going to

Filming Birds of...

 the most astounding experience i've ever had probably in my life was traveling down to the antarctic peninsula to film the killer whales for frozen planets it was just the most remarkable experience we were down there to try to find a holy grail sequence something that has been

ONE HOUR Of Amazing...

 i don't know what they're proving it's brilliant we're trying to work it out at the minute the holy grail is a very iconic very emblematic species maybe not to the world but yes to this part of of argentina and patagonia it's an endemic species just to this province

Protecting the Hooded...

 holy grail of our our industry and the fact that this guy is a global icon didn't help either because I'm sure if anybody ever stand in line at the grocery store you know we see his face constantly so there really was no tolerable margin of error there were two

How Benjamin Button got...

 So the holy grail of rocketry or space transport is full and rapid reusability. This has never been achieved. The closest that anything has come is our Falcon 9 rocket, where we are able to recover the first stage, the boost stage,

Elon Musk: A future...

 the one thing though that is very disappointing about robotics is the holy grail of robotics and it hasn't even happened I'm talking about the robot girlfriend I'm sorry the dream of one lonely geek in a

A funny look at the...

 grail of salmon recovery this would be the biggest watershed restoration in North America not on earth if we did this it's the largest possible salmon recovery venture of which humanity is

Remove the Dams to Save...

 cloud we may have to wait years but someday another mission to Venus may find the holy grail of space life beyond our world

Life on Venus PIPE National...

 this place is the holy grail of wildlife filmmaking as at this time of year it's home to one of the highest

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